✦ NEWS & NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES • If Notre Dame is 10‑0 after the Boston College game, it would be only the eighth time
it reached that mark in its 125‑year football history. The others were 1924, 1930, 1949, 1973, 1988, 1989 and 1993. The Irish won the national title each of those first five times, and finished No. 2 in the latter two. • Boston College and Notre Dame represent the only two Catholic universities in the
United States that play football at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. • At the conclusion of each Notre Dame‑Boston College game, the winner is awarded
ing school's student government. Created in 1994, the Ireland Trophy is shaped exactly like the country and represents the rich Irish history that Boston College and Notre Dame share. • Notre Dame and Boston College finished first and third, respectively, in the nation
two trophies. The first is the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl, which honors the shared history between the programs. Leahy began his career at Boston College, where he was 9‑2 and 11‑0 in his two seasons (1939‑40) before guiding Notre Dame to four national titles and six unbeaten seasons in his 11 years that concluded after the 1953 campaign. The second trophy is the Ireland Trophy, which is presented to the winner by the oppos‑
for overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in all sports among FBS schools, according to data released by the NCAA Oct. 26. The nine FBS institutions that received scores of 90 or better were Notre Dame (97), Northwestern (97), BC (94), Miami, Fla. (94), Rice (93), Duke (92), Penn State (91), Rutgers (91) and Stanford (90).
guiding Notre Dame to four national titles and six unbeaten seasons in 11 campaigns in South Bend. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS
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